Published 12:01 am, Friday, June 3, 2011

The Danbury and Immaculate high school girls lacrosse teams both notched big first-round wins in their respective state tournaments on Thursday.

In Division L, 10th-seeded Danbury went on the road and ousted No. 7 Simsbury 11-7. Gina Newsome had four goals and four assists to lead the Hatters and Andrea Tarsi and Raven Winters added two goals and an assist apiece. Danbury goalie Kasey Boisvert sealed the win with 16 saves. The Hatters will play either No. 2 Cheshire or No. 15 Conard in the second round on Monday at the home of the higher seed.